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When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me.

There would have been no Beats deal without the Samsung deal. It showed the number one company the importance of connecting with culture.

There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging

I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.

In terms of finding that first international recognition of my work, coming back to Cannes is such a milestone in my life because it began actually with 'Devdas'.

The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources.

As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.

Going to see Godzilla at the Palais of the Cannes Film Festival is like attending a satanic ritual in St. Peter's Basilica.

When I jumped off a roof in Cannes in a bee costume, I looked ridiculous. But this is my business; I have to humiliate myself.

You hear people saying, 'Oh I'm so tired, I've had enough of Cannes.' How can you have enough of Cannes? It's just the best place to be, like a fairytale.

Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.

The first time that I came to Cannes, I think it was in 1953, I was 18 and unknown.

Sundance felt like a natural fit. I love coming here, and I do think that this festival suits my films rather than most of the festivals I've been to. I'm not going to Cannes, you know.

Arguably, the Venice Film Festival is the second best film festival in the world, after Cannes.

We did receive some questions about the film's [Aquarius] sexuality in Cannes, but they came from the press rather than audiences.

Being with Al Gore on the red carpet in Cannes was exciting - he's like a rock star unto himself!

I'd met Sharon Tate at the Cannes Film Festival.

Elle Fanning was fifteen when we started [The Neon Demon]. She turned seventeen during the shoot. Four weeks before Cannes, she turned eighteen. She had her prom at Cannes.

I like doing the promotional work. It's part of the film's process. Cannes was very wonderful to premiere.

If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, its silly.

The monster has escaped Elba!" "The tyrant has landed at Cannes!" "Bonaparte meets the troops." "Napoleon approaches Paris." "His Imperial Majesty has entered the capital.

Every year there's a jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Getting on the jury is very competitive in France. Not because the French love cinema, but because they love to judge.

Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it's never good enough. People say I'm the queen of Cannes, but in Italy I get turned down for work.

There is a little bit of everybody in everybody.

Gentlemen. You are looking at the true Abraham Lincoln of Arabia. And in order to end our internal bickering - our civil war, if you will - I have solicited your aid.

Next time -- we will roll out the red carpet for you in the United States of Arabia, my brethren!